Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/2/25 – 2/8/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 2-8, 2025 Tariff turbulence As promised during the campaign, President Trump announced tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico.1 The move was meant to pressure the countries to help with the border (in the case of Mexico and Canada) and stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/26/25 – 2/1/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2025 DeepSeek and China rattle markets The AI narrative suffered a bit of a shock last week, but markets recovered as the week progressed. What was all the hubbub about? A one-year-old start-up Chinese company most of us have never heard of, DeepSeek,…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/19/25 – 1/25/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: January 19-25, 2025 Was it something he said? Markets continued their advance last week after being closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on Monday — the same day that the new Trump administration assumed office in Washington, D.C. As soon as markets opened on Tuesday,…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/12/25 – 1/18/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 12-18, 2025 Markets perk up ahead of the inauguration After a fresh dose of optimism, some strong earnings and the inflation reports for December (which weren’t great but also weren’t horrible), the markets took off last week and reversed the recent slide to close out their best…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/5/25 – 1/11/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 5 – 11, 2025 Holiday joy didn’t linger into January Well, that was not an auspicious beginning to the year. The U.S. stock market retreated in the first full week of 2025 after starting off on an optimistic note due to speculation about softer Trump administration tariffs.…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 12/29/24 – 1/4/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Dec. 29, 2024 – Jan. 4, 2025 Markets limp into 2025 After ending its best two-year stretch from 1997 to 1998, the markets began 2025 much the same way they ended 2024.1 As we closed out the year, we expected money managers to engage in some profit-taking and…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 12/22/24 – 12/28/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Dec. 22-28, 2024 Markets lose some fizz after Christmas The market found its footing after the disappointment following the most recent Federal Reserve meeting. We recovered most of the losses and were right back to the levels we were at just prior to the Fed telling us not…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 12/15/24 – 12/21/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Dec. 15-21, 2024 You’re a mean one, Mr. Powell Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week by signaling the Fed would be less aggressive in its approach to lowering interest rates in the coming year, even though it delivered an anticipated quarter-point (0.25%) cut at…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute 12/18/24 — Markets Pull Back in Response to Fed Announcement
Market Minute December 18, 2024 Markets experienced steep declines Wednesday, with the Dow falling 1,123 points, the S&P 500 losing 2.9%, and the Nasdaq sliding 3.6%.1 These one-day losses rattled investors as the Federal Reserve revealed a more conservative approach to interest rate cuts for 2025. The Fed announced its third rate cut of the…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/9/25 – 2/15/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 9-15, 2025 Inflation worries to join tariffs as a source of concern — it’s more than just eggs! In the past few weeks, there has been a tug-of-war between fears of what tariffs may do to the U.S. economy’s growth prospects versus strong fourth-quarter 2024 earnings. Both…